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...Press releases, event announcements, weekly updates–almost daily, students at Harvard Medical School (HMS) receive mass e-mails from a variety of administrative departments. We gloss over many of them. But I try to read the e-mails on medical education reform. Many of the medical school’s most thoughtful and experienced teachers are leading this initiative, and broad agreement exists among students that the need for reform is pressing...
...displace the humble book anytime soon either. Just to get Kite Runner onto the Reader, I had to charge it, find a computer running Windows XP--we're a Mac shop around here--stare down a cryptic error message and update some software. The half-second delay when you press the turn-the-page button eventually becomes maddening, and you can't scribble in the Reader's virtual margins. Nor can you throw it across the room, should its contents displease you, since it costs...
...like Harvard are exempt from paying taxes on earnings from investments. But they are subject to taxes on investments with hedge funds that operate within the United States. The law, however, allows offshore hedge funds to convert profits earned from investments into dividends, which are not taxed. Jill Kozeny, press secretary for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)—the ranking GOP member of the Senate Finance Committee—said discussions are still in the early phases. “It’s something that the senators have their staffs examining, but no conclusions have been drawn...
...respond (“Politicizing the Playground,” oped, Apr. 20). I have just returned from a visit to Gaza and the West Bank where I was carrying out research on behalf of the UK’s Mental Health Foundation. I have been following the press of the Picture Balata tour with great interest as I had the pleasure of meeting one of the tour organisers in Balata refugee camp. My colleague, Elizabeth Porter and I were struck by the hospitality and warmth we found in Balata—and appalled at the living conditions there...
...that his letters (posted on his website) are not petty or partisan. He notes that previous Conservative governments, including that of Brian Mulroney, have supported the arts. But what Martel and Harper each think is "unacceptable" may be very different. Harper, who once decided to boycott the entire parliamentary press gallery after a standoff over who got to ask what questions when, seems quite capable of ignoring Martel and his books for a very long time...